These are chalk pastels in pencil form, so you can get the effect of using a chalk pastel without all the mess. The set contains 12 7" high-pigment pencils with 4.4mm leads in bold, bright colors. Includes white, medium yellow, light orange, dark orange, red, navy, royal blue, aqua, grass green, burnt umber, burnt sienna, and black. Pencils come in a sturdy metal tin.
Tired of black and white? Here is a course designed to familiarize the beginning artist with the fundamentals of color. The student uses a variety of creative media: colored pencils, markers, pastels, watercolors, acrylics, and oils, as well as different painting surfaces. The book includes 30 "paint packs" - sturdy white posterboard sheets containing painting exercises. This book starts out black and white, but it will soon be transformed into a rainbow of color. 250 pgs.
I haven't tried pastel pencils and this set seems like a nice way to check them out